Don Ismail

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MfD nomination of User:Don Ismail

User:Don Ismail, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Don Ismail and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Don Ismail during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:25, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Block

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia because the username, Don Ismail, matches the name of a well-known, living person.

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